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Personal info

Full name
REAGAN, Neil Gilbert
Date of birth
6 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
Hometown
Grainger County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34191994
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 54

Immediate family

Members
James T. Reagan (father)
Winnie H. (McCarter) Reagan (mother)
Almer E. Reagan (brother)
Viola M. Reagan (sister)
Ruth L. Reagan (sister)
Earl E. Reagan (brother)
Glenn W. Reagan (brother)
Martha M. Reagan (sister)

More information

Pfc Neil G. Reagan worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 8 March 1942.

He was crossing the Saar river to establish a new gun position when the current caused the boat to hit the guide rope and capsize.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Boyd McCarter Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Knoxville Journal - 1 August 1943, East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association